Pugh v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Pike County of a violation of subsection (a) of Section 174, Title 14, Code of Alabama 1940, as amended, which reads:

“No person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence shall own a pistol or have one in his possession or under his control.”

On December 23, 1972, the police officers of the City of Troy were routinely checking automobiles having new tires mounted thereon as a burglary had occurred in that city the night before and a number of tires were stolen. They…